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Linear Depreciation A printing company purchases an advanced color copier/printer for $117,000. After 9 years, the equipment will be obsolete and have no value. (a) Write a linear equation giving the value v (in dollars) of the equipment in terms of the time t (in years),
(b) Use a graphing utility to graph the equation.
(c) Move the cursor along the graph and estimate (to two-decimal-place accuracy) the value of the equipment after 4 years.
(d) Move the cursor along the graph and estimate (to two-decimal-place accuracy) the time when the value of the equipment will be $84,000.
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